Patents Assigned to The Swatch Group Reserach and Development Ltd
  • Publication number: 20190022912
    Abstract: A method of fabrication of a wristband of a watch or piece of jewelry, including: providing a first synthetic material; providing an extrusion line with a die plate for making an extrudate from the first material; providing one or more additional materials distinguished in their properties from the first material; providing a die plate including a first zone defining a profile allowing for fabrication of an extrudate having a hollow tubular profile at least at one of its ends in which the extrudate has a width corresponding to the length of one or two strands of the wristband; the die plate further includes a second zone allowing defining of particular profiles selected from among a flat profile, a curved profile, or a profile with projecting zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Reserach and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Claire RANNOUX, Nicolas FRANCOIS, Yannick CELERIER, Catherine BLANC PETIOT, Benoit LAFIN